Wendt Key’s Lunch for Lulu has raised over $100,000
FREMONT – When Rudy Sprenger and Lonnie Burke wished to make a donation to Wendt Key Team Realty’s fundraiser for Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in 2008, they wished their money to stretch additional than it might as a easy financial institution deposit. The fundraiser was held in honor of the corporate’s cofounder, Linda “LuLu” Key, who was battling breast most cancers.
Sprenger, former proprietor of the domestically common, however now-closed, Rudy’s Family Restaurant, instructed a scorching canine fundraiser.
“Rudy said they wanted to donate $100, but they’d rather find a way to use the money to get more money for the cause,” stated Cheryl Wendt, who based the actual property firm with Key.
Lunch for LuLu started with a $100 donation
With that plan, Lunch for LuLu, an annual scorching canine fundraiser, was born. The thought was so profitable that, together with a Pink Day on the Bay Event, the group raised $103, 558 because it began. That is numerous scorching dogs and numerous neighborhood help.
This 12 months’s Lunch for LuLu will likely be held on Friday, Sept. 29.
“Linda died in 2011,” Wendt stated. “We’re still doing this for her. We started it to help her through her diagnosis. Now, it’s for everyone. Some of us have been diagnosed and some us haven’t been diagnosed, but we’re all survivors.”
Funds going to Race for the Cure, Sandusky County Cancer Care
The money raised at this 12 months’s occasion will likely be cut up between Race for the Cure and the Sandusky County Cancer Care Fund, a program of United Way of Sandusky County.
“Anyone being treated for cancer who lives in Sandusky County can apply for financial assistance from the Cancer Care Fund,” stated Jill Simpson, president and CEO of United Way of Sandusky County. “Any money we receive from Lunch for LuLu goes directly toward helping cancer patients here in Sandusky County.”
The Sandusky County Cancer Care Fund assists with many bills related to most cancers remedies.
“It may pay for medical bills or prescriptions not covered by insurance, or for gas or a wig,” Simpson stated. “We get special requests, like if someone is having surgery and a family member needs to stay nearby, we may pay for a hotel stay.”
The Wendt Key Team hosted Pink Day on the Bay at Put-in-Bay for 5 years previous to COVID.
“We dressed up in pink and asked for money,” Wendt stated.
Cancer is a common trauma, in order individuals gave money, in addition they shared tales.
“We were all crying. A lot of people who gave money said, ‘My sister died of cancer,’ or ‘My mom died of cancer,” Wendt stated.
Lunch with LuLu is feasible because of the next sponsors: Rudy & Jan Sprenger, Croghan Colonial Bank, Fremont Federal Credit Union, Fifth Third Bank, First American Title, Park Avenue Title, Perrysburg Title, The Fremont Company, Root’s Poultry and Heinz.
Lunch for LuLu will likely be held Friday, Sept. 29, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wendt Key Team Realty, 1403 W. State St. in Fremont. Lunch features a jumbo scorching canine with chili and kraut, chips and water. Cost is by donation. The lunch is a drive-through occasion, however deliveries may be made with a minimal $100 donation if they’re preordered by midday on Sept. 28 by calling Wendt Key at 419-333-8326 or emailing [email protected].
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